http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/high-court-nixes-church-appeal-in-defamation-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/high-court-nixes-church-appeal-in-defamation-case/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:03:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96724 Seattle PI: "The Supreme Court has refused to toss out a defamation award to a fired pastor, despite claims by the church that dismissed him that its actions are protected by the Constitution's religious freedom guarantees." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/high-court-nixes-church-appeal-in-defamation-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/interesting-religion-cases-at-the-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-conference-tomorrow/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/interesting-religion-cases-at-the-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-conference-tomorrow/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:59:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96445 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/24/interesting-religion-cases-at-the-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-conference-tomorrow/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/damaging-words-cost-pastor-his-pulpit-but-land-him-big-bucks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/damaging-words-cost-pastor-his-pulpit-but-land-him-big-bucks/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:05:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79878 The ABA Journal: "A jury agreed and awarded Tubra $355,000 in damages after it found officials falsely accused him of stealing from the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Vernonia, Ore.The judge differed with the jurors, though, and threw out the award. Following overwhelming precedent, he ruled that the First Amendment deprived the court of jurisdiction over the church and Tubra’s defamation claim against it." John Elwood comments at the Volokh Conspiracy on Cook v. Tubra. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/damaging-words-cost-pastor-his-pulpit-but-land-him-big-bucks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/supreme-court-review-sought-in-pastors-defamation-claim-against-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/supreme-court-review-sought-in-pastors-defamation-claim-against-church/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:58:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78224 Religion Clause: "On Friday, a petition for certiorari (full text) to the U.S. Supreme Court was filed in Cooke v. Tubra. In the case, an Oregon state appellate court held that jurisdiction over an interim pastor's defamation claim against his former church and two of its officers is not necessarily barred by the First Amendment." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/supreme-court-review-sought-in-pastors-defamation-claim-against-church/feed/ 0